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October 3, 2016
Evil Revealed
“Finally brethren, whatsoever things are true, honest, just, pure, lovely, a good report any virtue, any praise, think on these things” (Philippians 4:8). This is what our minds have to stay on. I double dog dare you to acknowledge God in all your ways and you won’t have any trouble controlling your thoughts. The power of good in life always overcomes the power of evil. Always remember, Jesus is the author and finisher of your faith (Hebrews 12:2-3).
EVIL REVEALED
On that great and terrible day that the devil is pulled out of his spider hole and revealed to humanity in judgment, we will all be surprised. Isaiah the prophet paints the picture this way:
“Those who see you will gaze at you, and consider you, saying: ’Is this the man who made the earth tremble, Who shook the kingdoms, Who made the world as a wilderness and destroyed its cities, Who did not open the house of his prisoners?’”
-Isaiah 14:16-17
There is a gasp in the crowd, which is expecting to see a giant dragon being pulled from the pit. Instead, a pathetic, balding, scrawny, shaking nerd comes climbing out begging for his pathetic life.
What? Are you kidding me? Really? That’s the personification of all things evil? Why, he’s a weakling! He’s no more powerful than the wizard behind the curtain of Oz.
If the devil is obviously impotent, then where does he get his power?
The answer is just as shocking – from us. His power came from us. His evil had power because we cooperated with it. We held it in reverence. We feared it and, admit it, we even loved it at times. As a result, we propelled and advanced it.
The bottom line is this: the devil isn’t powerful because evil is powerful. The devil is powerful because we are powerful and we tend to work for him.
TODAY IS A GOOD DAY TO BE DONE GIVING POWER TO EVIL.DECLARE SATAN AS THE PATHETIC WIMP HE IS AND HOLD FAST TO JESUS, KNOWING THAT GOOD OVERCOMES EVIL!
From my book: GOOD OVERCOMES EVIL
October 2, 2016
Seed. Time. Harvest
The vision God gave you so long ago is coming into focus. Remember the passions and dreams God has put in your heart and go after them by continuing to sow into the vision. God will take care of the multiplication.
SEED, TIME AND HARVESTAlthough I love to talk about and celebrate miracles, I know they are not God’s best for prospering His children. Though it’s not instantaneous, this principle is much, much better and just as miraculous.
You see, God desperately wants to give you a vision for something better – a plan for you to achieve, then give you the ability to maintain that thing He gives you. God designed His people so that we’re at our happiest when we are setting goals and achieving them.
Our lives are fulfilled by having a vision for something better, then finding ways to achieve those goals so you can live in that better place. That’s your promised land and it’s a lot better place to live than from miracle to miracle. It takes hard work, but if hard work alone meant prosperity, every coal miner in West Virginia would be a billionaire!
Here’s how Seed, Time and Harvest (work and reward) works:
1. God gives you a vision for something better. Example: starting your own business.
2. He gives you a specific plan for that to happen. Example: saving your money and researching locations, costs and regulations.
3. God hooks you up with the right people and the right tools.
4. God gives you the guts and courage to pull it off and maintain it.
5. God prospers you so you can be generous with your blessings, or profits, to “seed” back into the church, ministries, people and God’s plans to bless you even more!
Hard work and reward are a lot better than needing a miracle! And if you want to prosper this way, you will need to be dependent on God for three things: wisdom, favor and character. These are the tools God provides when He sets you up for long-term prosperity.
And Jesus increased in wisdom and stature, and in favor with God and man.TODAY IS A GOOD DAY TO COMMIT TO THE PRINCIPLE OF “SEED, TIME AND HARVEST.”
– Luke 2:52
GOD PROSPERS HIS PEOPLE THROUGH HARD WORK. HE REWARDS THEM, AND WHEN THEY SHARE THEIR BLESSINGS, HE CAN REWARD THEM EVEN MORE.
From my book: MIRACLES WITH A MESSAGE
October 1, 2016
Defend Your Mind Against the Serpent
God is showing you how to cast down thoughts by replacing them with His Word. God is pleased to call you a “sharp-shooter” as you pull the Word out to shoot down those thoughts!
INTRUDER ALERT!There are two major myths about your mind. The first, is that your brain didn’t come with an instruction manual. The truth is, it did – the Bible. The second myth, is that you are not responsible for your thoughts.
That line of thinking says you are an animal, akin to a smart ape with a cool thumb, and animals are not responsible for their thoughts. They are ruled by instinct and so are you. Who told you that?
There is nothing worse than a man who will not defend his property. A thief breaks into his house, begins to take whatever he wants and the pathetic coward is balled up under the covers of his bed. When his wife asks, “Why did you let that stranger ransack our home?” the reply is pitiful. “Because I can’t be held responsible for who comes in here.”
Would that fly with your spouse? Not if they have a lick of sense!
You are right. It is not your fault you are being invaded. It is your fault, however, that you won’t defend your property!
You see, you have to fight for what God has trusted you with, and it’s the same with your thinking. Your thoughts shape who you are, and you are responsible for who you are. Cicero likely didn’t know he was agreeing with God when he said, “The mind of each man is the man himself.”
“For as he thinks in his heart, so is he”
– Proverbs 23:7
BAM! Make up your mind the same way your mom used to have you make up your bed. Straighten it out! You are responsible for defending your mind against random thoughts that do not glorify God. There are a lot of things you wouldn’t let in your home, yet a lot of the thoughts you let in your head would not be welcome on any piece of property you own!
You are responsible for defending your thinking against mental intrusions! Pick up your gun (the Word) and blast that devil from hell who is breaking into your head! Defend yourself because it makes God sorry you were even born when you refuse to protect your mind. Read why God wiped out the people of Noah’s generation:
And God saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually. And it repented the LORD that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved Him at His heart. And the LORD said, “I will destroy man whom I have created from the face of the earth…”
– Genesis 6:5-7
A sure-fire way to grieve God and bring His wrath down upon you, is to refuse to be held responsible for what and how you think. It just doesn’t fly.
TODAY IS A GOOD DAY TO TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR YOUR THINKING.WHEN RANDOM, UNGODLY THOUGHTS BREAK IN, CAST THEM OUT AND REPLACE THEM WITH A THOUGHT OF GOD’S GOODNESS OR WORDS OF PRAISE AND THANKSGIVING. DEFEND YOUR MIND AGAINST THE SERPENT! IF YOU RESIST HIM, HE WILL FLEE.
From my book: SOUL INVASION
September 30, 2016
Be Greater Than Your Affliction
Today, God’s grace will give you victory over the things in your life that make you unpopular. Your godly performance will not be overshadowed by the things that give you pain. God is proud of you and will make the unpopular times worth it.
PAIN BEGETS GREATNESS
Here’s a truth that is unpopular, yet it’s truth nonetheless: Behind every great person of God is great affliction.
I dare you. Pick your favorite Bible person from any of the 31,175 scriptures and see if you can find one man or woman – no matter how close they were to God – who did not have pain.
Moses didn’t have many friends and his own wife didn’t like him. David was falsely accused by Saul and lived consequences of his adulterous actions by raising a totally dysfunctional family. Elijah dealt with loneliness and isolation. A social outcast, Elisha was bald and people made fun of him for it — just ask the young men who were mauled by a bear for mocking his chrome dome!
Great men and women of God through the ages were not immune to pain. Many come from abusive backgrounds, tremendous poverty and prejudice. Some struggle with children who cannot walk, others with children who refuse to walk with God. All of them face constant scrutiny and criticism. All of them are expected to do more and be more than they are capable of being.
E.W. Bullinger struggled with paralysis; Spurgeon wrestled with depression and stress; Billy Graham has dealt with debilitating disease for many years now. Still, they have preached powerful sermons, seen many mighty miracles and reached untold millions with the message of healing through Jesus Christ.
Just because you’ve never heard them complain does not mean they don’t have great affliction. It means, by God’s grace, they are greater than their affliction. It’s all part of the program.
But when you do good and suffer, if you take it patiently, this is commendable before God. For to this you were called, because Christ also suffered for us, leaving us an example, that you should follow His steps.TODAY IS A GOOD DAY TO GET WITH GOD'S PROGRAM FOR YOUR LIFE.
- 1 Peter 2:20-21
HE DOESN’T PROMISE IT WILL BE PAIN-FREE. HE DOES PROMISE IT WILL BE WORTH IT!
From my book: Soul Invasion
September 29, 2016
Unstoppable God
God is propelling you forward to take steps that you never could have imagined! Those steps will cause you to leap and bound into the desires of the heart that God has given to you. The thing God is doing is unstoppable.
THE POWER OF MOMENTUM
For many, it’s a revelation that miracles are not God’s best for you. In fact, just needing a miracle means you are neck deep in a mess. God would much rather prosper you by rewarding you for your hard work and generosity.
Wouldn’t you rather live in a house that is paid off than prosper in a miracle while your house is being repossessed and sold off to someone else?
Well, here’s another great revelation for you to catch: momentum builds when you begin to achieve God-given goals through hard work. That momentum becomes an impelling force that enables you to land in a better spot so you don’t need a miracle.
We’ve all seen the wonder of momentum. In Guatemala City, Guatemala, you can still see the wreckage of a 747 airliner that ran out of runway and over a cliff crashing into the slum below. The pilot was not used to landing on a short runway and, despite slamming on the breaks and hitting the reverse thrusters, went right over the cliff.
The Bible clearly states that our relationship with God is one of constant forward progression. That’s why we call it a “walk.” It’s one that starts off small, but the longer we walk with God, the bigger steps He requires of us and enables us to make.
Never underestimate the power of momentum! If God can give you the wisdom, favor and character to get a raise at work, He can do the same thing and give you a promotion at work. If He can give you a better position at work, He can give you a plan to achieve a better job altogether. Once you’re living by God-given plans and dreams, you are truly living by faith through momentum.
"In all labor there is profit,
But idle chatter leads only to poverty."
- Proverbs 14:23
TODAY IS A GOOD DAY TO LIVE BY FAITH BY ASKING GOD TO PROSPER YOU THROUGH HARD WORK, REWARD AND MOMENTUM.
GO AFTER GOD’S BEST FOR YOU AND POUR THE REWARDS BACK INTO THE KINGDOM.
From my book: MIRACLES WITH A MESSAGE
September 28, 2016
Go After Your Destiny!
TODAY'S PROPHETIC WORD
It’s impossible to see where you’re going if you’re looking behind you. God is calling you progressively forward. You are not done until the day He calls you home. As much as you pursue Him, God will bless it. There is no limit on upgrade.
GET OFF THAT TRAIN
Have you ever been facing north on a southbound train? I have, and it’s pretty strange.
From my seat, I could see where I had been, but not where I was going. All I could perceive was what had already passed me. You know a lot of people sit just like that through their Christian lives. They are so fixated on their history, they forget to look for their destiny.
Destiny is something you have to fight for because it’s so much better than your history. Some folks get saved and think that’s it – they’re in and nothing can throw them back out the door.
That might be true, but the problem with that thinking is that you never experience a rich and full life. You never touch others or testify to the love of God so that someone else can be saved. You see, getting saved is the starting point, not the finish line!
Turn your chair from looking at what is behind the train to what is in front of it! Your fight is not for what used to be, but serves as the footing for your bold leap forward into what God is telling you that you can be.
Jump on board for the ride of your life!
“For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says the Lord, thoughts of peace and not of evil, to give you a future and a hope.” – Jeremiah 29:11
TODAY IS A GOOD DAY TO GO AFTER YOUR DESTINY.
IF YOU DON’T KNOW WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE, ASK FATHER GOD FOR A REVELATION AND HE WILL MOVE YOU TOWARD HIM. YOU ARE ON TRACK TO YOUR FUTURE.
From my book: LIVING LIFE / FORWARD
September 27, 2016
Need Victory Over Satan?
TODAY'S PROPHETIC WORD
Dead and impure things in your life will be pushed out and replaced with pure things and you will have a renewed mind after an exciting encounter with the "Life-Giver." No more torment in Jesus Name!
A SALUTE TO THE DEMONIAC
I have a lot of respect for the Demoniac of Gadara, whose story is told in Mark, Chapter 5 and Luke, Chapter 8. I even dedicated my book Soul Invasion to this man who, in so many ways, is like us today.
I have thought a lot about him over the years. I have even stood near the very cliff in Galilee where that famous herd of pigs plunged to its death possessed with the very demonic thoughts and voices that tormented him for years.
Though I don’t know his name, I feel like I know him. Though I never heard him speak, his testimony has preached to me and encouraged me for nearly three decades.
I know there was a time when he lost his battle for his mind, but for the past 2,000 years, he’s had a head full of peace. Only Jesus can do that.
I would pay big bucks to see the befuddled faces who saw him just after his encounter with Jesus. There he was, no longer hurting himself, no longer ashamed, no longer fearful or a menace. He was in the presence of the King and in his right mind. I’m sure jaws dropped in shock and awe at the difference Christ made in him.
I don’t know the names of all the people reading this, but I pray you meet the same Jesus and have the same testimony of having your soul – your mind – not only set right, but focused on things above — the Kingdom.
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And when He got into the boat, he who had been demon-possessed begged Him that he might be with Him. However, Jesus did not permit him, but said to him, “Go home to your friends, and tell them what great things the Lord has done for you, and how He has had compassion on you.” - Mark 5:18-19
TODAY IS A GOOD DAY TO ACCESS THE ARSENAL JESUS PROVIDED FOR US TO DEFEAT OUR ENEMY.
NEED VICTORY OVER SATAN, SELFISHNESS, SIN OR SICKNESS? TURN TO JESUS. LET HIM INVADE YOUR SOUL AND DRIVE THE ENEMY OUT! YOU WILL HAVE CERTAIN VICTORY IN YOUR LIFE IF YOU ADOPT THE MIND OF CHRIST!
From my book: Soul Invasion
September 26, 2016
Taste and See
TODAY'S PROPHETIC WORD
You are being transformed as your mind is being renewed. Your childlike heart and trust in the Lord is going to take you in to a more intimate setting with the Lord where the Spirit of Revelation can speak in new and fresh ways.
SOUL FOOD AND SPIRIT FOOD
Like John at the last supper, people who live their life with their head on the chest of the Lord, in rhythm with the heart of God, are people with great revelation.
People who are after revelation are bold, childlike and prepared to go wherever He sends them.
Now, revelation doesn’t just say, “It’s out there!” Revelations says, “Go get it!” A revelation of the Word of God is not supposed to be the end-game of our walk. It is merely the beginning.
We’ve all been there. We’re reading the Word and suddenly, the Lord breathes upon the scriptures and they come alive for us! We have a new understanding of God or our next step in the journey. The same thing happens with nature or the words of a song or sermon. All of a sudden, God is talking just to you! Something clicks within your soul. It moves down to your spirit and you “get it.” Supernatural revelation!
Now, revelation is not given just to add another wrinkle to our brain. God doesn’t care if you know about Him. What He wants is for us to know Him through personal experience. So revelation is an invitation to step into what God says can be.
He invites you to take a step forward in His great plan for you. Revelation is the key to unlocking barriers so you can move forward in life, and relationship with Him.
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"Oh, taste and see that the Lord is good;
Blessed is the man who trusts in Him!"
-Psalm 34:8
TODAY IS A GOOD DAY TO EXPERIENCE THE HEART OF JESUS.
ASK FOR A REVELATION OF HIS PRESENCE AND GO AFTER IT! LISTEN AND OBEY IN CHILDLIKE FAITH.
From my book: LIVING LIFE / FORWARD
September 25, 2016
Turn the lights on
TODAY'S PROPHETIC WORD
"And we know all things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are called according to His purpose." (Romans 8:28) You may think you did not receive a miracle in a situation, but be patient and believe. You will find God has been working in ways you could not see.
TURN THE LIGHTS ON!
I have noticed that there is a balance to be taught concerning the working of miracles.
Hear me on this: just because God does a miracle, does not mean it’s His stamp of approval over somebody’s life. Nor is the lack of a miracle God’s stamp of disapproval. God’s mercy is revealed in all sorts of ways, miracles being only one of them.
Some miracles seem, for lack of a better term, more “miraculous” than others. Other miracles are more quiet, everyday miracles — the kind we never forget, but others may shun as a one-in-a-million happenstance. No matter what kind of miracle you receive, know that in all instances where God stepped in and changed things for a different outcome, that outcome is for His glory and your encouragement.
In other words, all miracles are a personal message from a personal God. Incredible!
God’s mercy is also revealed to all sorts of people — saved and unsaved alike. Do not begrudge a non-believer their miracle. God can introduce Himself however He wants to whoever He wants and, get this – no miracle is wasted! God is happy to display His power even if nobody recognizes it.
Many don’t.
God is in the search and rescue business. Yes, He likes to show up at the 59th minute of the 11th hour. He likes to swoop in when your back is against that proverbial wall, the money is gone or the end of the rope is slipping away. He loves to jump-start a heart or clear a body of disease just as hope is gone.
Why? Because He’s crazy about us — believers and those who don’t know Him yet. To both He says, “I see you and I love you. Now see Me and seek Me.”
I’ve seen all kinds of crazy miracles in my life and through this ministry. Some are jaw droppers. Others are knee benders as in, “hit the floor the power has gone out of my legs and I need to worship my King” type of miracles. I am grateful for each and every one. I continue to tell the story of each and every one to the glory of His Name.
So should you!
Jesus replied, “What is impossible with man, is possible with God.” – Luke 18:27
TODAY IS A GOOD DAY TO ILLUMINATE THE MIRACLES THAT GOD HAS DONE IN YOUR LIFE. WHETHER A HEALING, A DELIVERANCE OR A CHANGED LIFE, GIVE HIM THE GLORY AND TELL OF HIS POWER!
From my book: MIRACLES WITH A MESSAGE
September 24, 2016
Come as you are
TODAY'S PROPHETIC WORD
Each new step you take is a step closer to what God has for your destiny. Don’t listen to the lies of the enemy because he will bring you under condemnation. Keep moving towards God and He will lift you up.
BABY STEPS
When my kids were taking their first steps and they fell after only a few inches, I didn’t scold them and tell them not to fall down again. No. I clapped and cheered, celebrated and shouted, “Check that out. He took a step. He’s moving forward! Isn’t that amazing!”
The point is not that you fell when you were trying to walk. The point is that you were actually doing it.
When good daddies (and mommies) celebrate these baby steps, their kids not only learn to walk and run, but to fly. You learned to move forward because you hadn’t learned to fear failure.
Picture your daddy giving you an ice cream cone. When he does, he is not telling you not to make a mess. He already knows there is going to be a mess and he is confident that he can handle the cleanup. Isn’t that great to know?
If you fear your mess will bring disapproval, you’ll never take that first bite even though he purchased it and handed it to you. This is where a lot of people are today — afraid to go after upgrade and chase the heart of God for fear of disappointing Him. Is that you? If it is, remember the old hymn:
“Come just as you are…”
Jesus loves a fixer-upper so give Him opportunities to work on you!
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"And each one went straight forward; they went wherever the spirit wanted to go, and they did not turn when they went." -Ezekiel 1:12
TODAY IS A GOOD DAY TO TAKE THOSE BABY STEPS TOWARDS SERVING YOUR KING AND FULFILLING YOUR DESTINY.
GOD WILL BLESS YOUR MESS BY BRINGING YOU THE UPGRADE YOU SO BADLY DESIRE!
From my book: LIVING LIFE / FORWARD
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